#middle east

The war and terrorism in the Middle East, the crisis of leadership in many of the oil-supply countries in the developing world, the crisis of global warming - all these are very clearly tied to energy. ↗

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

#countries #crisis #developing #developing world #east

As is the case with many Middle Eastern nations, women are nowhere near equal to men when it comes to basic freedoms and rights that we take for granted every day. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

#case #comes #day #eastern #equal

Well, a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East would be a wonderful thing. ↗

— Stephen M. Walt

#middle #middle east #thing #well #wonderful

Their plan is to return the entire world - not just the Middle East - to the days of the caliphate and either convert all of us so-called infidels into born-again Islamic believers or kill us. ↗

— David Hackworth

#born-again #convert #days #east #either

These are all elements, but the main thing we can do in the Middle East is encourage the reformist elements. ↗

— Frank Carlucci

#elements #encourage #main #main thing #middle

The regional security in the Middle East cannot be further compromised by an Iranian loose cannon. ↗

— Russ Carnahan

#cannot #compromised #east #further #iranian

I am an opponent of Saddam Hussein, but an opponent also, of the sanctions that have killed a million Iraqi children and an opponent of the United States' apparent desire to plunge the Middle East into a new and devastating war. ↗

— George Galloway

#am #apparent #children #desire #devastating

The conflict in the Middle East needs to be solved for the same reasons. It is necessary to reach a two-states solution, built on international law, for sustainable peace and development, and it can only be achieved through joint efforts by the international community. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#built #community #conflict #development #east

The two biggest threats to international security in 2013 are Iran getting a nuclear weapon, and Iran being bombed to stop it getting a nuclear weapon. Both would precipitate a long and dangerous conflict in an already unstable Middle East. Both would be a disaster. ↗

— David Miliband

#being #biggest #bombed #both #conflict

We know there can be no justice in the Middle East without a Palestinian state. But there can be no security in the Middle East without a Palestinian state. ↗

— David Miliband

#justice #know #middle #middle east #palestinian